RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah I'd like to know also, I've only managed to do this through the remotes touch screen. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2018 4:07 AM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re:

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Oh, BTW, I only need to use the arrow keys, not the voiceover keys. > On Mar 14, 2018, at 6:44 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi Kliphton, > > thanks very much. I sure appreciate the apology and the assistance too. :) > Hopefully I did not come off too strongly either. It’s not always easy to > ga

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
That has to be frustrating! Using an apple keyboard with a apple product and it still doesn’t work? That is not good, I use a 3rd party keyboard also, called baton wireless keyboard on amazon. It’s only 10 bucks, and works great. It was originally designed for android, but I rolled the dic

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Eileen Scrivani
' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Hi Eileen, You should be able to find that setting under the Remotes and Devices option in the Settings menu. Let me know if you have any more questions. Hope this helps and have a nice evening! Cheers! Cara On Mar 13

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
change to the setting. Do you know what it is called & under what will I find it? Thanks. Eileen From: Cara Quinn <> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:21 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries <> Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Hi Eileen,

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Kliphton, thanks very much. I sure appreciate the apology and the assistance too. :) Hopefully I did not come off too strongly either. It’s not always easy to gage tone in email. Yeah, that must be really obnoxious when customers are kind of disregarding the fact that you are a business and

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Hello, sorry about that statement of some people don’t like change. I run my own cafe, and those customers sometime get under my skin complaining about price change, expecting everything to be free. Anyway, I am using a Logitech k811 BT keyboard, I don’t know if the model matter. As for chang

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Kliphton, Thanks for your note. I’m not sure if you’ve read the entire thread so far before posting this but I’ve actually tried changing the rotor settings via the keyboard and nothing seems to happen. I’ve even tried using the remote to change the rotor while using the keyboard and the k

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Few things here. The blu tooth keyboard for me works just fine, and I use 2 different ones. The key is, making sure your router is set to direct touch, then you can navigate any direction you want, even entering text. And I have been using the appleTV4 since it’s 1st release, now using a appl

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
ng product, it use to workexcelantly another product I use called Emby is also playing up under IOS 11 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of CHUCK REICHEL Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2018 4:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What use d

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Yes, I have some issues with 3rd gen apps and performance of the tv and vo with them. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2018 3:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What use do you find from

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
riginal Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2018 2:53 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? I don’t understand how you can say that the accessibility with the fourth GEN is fine when you

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread M. Taylor
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 11:39 AM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Nickus, Yes, I have used Apple TVs (from 2nd to 4th gen) for years now so I am used to them. I actually

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Cara, I don’t think I made change to the setting. Do you know what it is called & under what will I find it? Thanks. Eileen From: Cara Quinn Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:21 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Hi

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Cara Quinn
Nickus, Yes, I have used Apple TVs (from 2nd to 4th gen) for years now so I am used to them. I actually think the accessibility has been very good on them until TVOS 11. I wish I never upgraded. The issues with the remote have always been there for the Siri remote but the software / keyboard i

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Cara Quinn
g. Eileen From: Cara Quinn <> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:23 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries <> Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Phil, I completely agree with you in regard to accessibility on the Apple TV 4th Gen. In terms of day-to-

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Cara Quinn
mechanism is for the birds on the Apple TV remote, at least I can use my IPhone for typing. Eileen From: Cara Quinn <> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:23 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries <> Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Phil, I completely ag

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
y you mention direct touch since every time I use the Amazon Prime app it tells me that it “requires” direct touch in order to work. Eileen From: Tim Kilburn <> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:37 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <> Subject: Re: What use do you find from yo

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Eileen Scrivani
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Hi, A couple of items to bring forward here with respect to the Siri Remote and the Bluetooth keyboard operation. First, for both devices, it is important to consider the rotor control. When the rotor is set to

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
mote, at least I can use my IPhone for typing. Eileen From: Cara Quinn <> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:23 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries <> Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Phil, I completely agree with you in regard to accessibility on t

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread E.T.
Jonathan, That cracked me up. I like that kind of accessibility. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 3/13/2018 8:41 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: I find accessibility on my fourth generation Apple TV to

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Nickus de Vos
Cara, thanks for your detailed reply, it seams you have extensive experience using the Apple TV, all of it unfortunately not smooth saling it seams. I guess in this case we as a community should pressure Apple more to get Voiceover support jacked up on the Apple TV. I guess since TV OS is quite

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Eileen Scrivani
: Cara Quinn Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:23 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Phil, I completely agree with you in regard to accessibility on the Apple TV 4th Gen. In terms of day-to-day enjoyment and ease of use, in my op

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Cara Quinn
Phil, I completely agree with you in regard to accessibility on the Apple TV 4th Gen. In terms of day-to-day enjoyment and ease of use, in my opinion, the accessibility on the 4th Gen has gone way way way down. There are three main areas where I find this to be true most. The first is in the s

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Nickus de Vos
So I decided to go for it I purchased the Apple tv and should get it within the next day or so. Nickus Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any typos... > On 13 Mar 2018, at 17:41, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > I find accessibility on my fourth generation Apple TV to be fantastic. I say > I want to

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I find accessibility on my fourth generation Apple TV to be fantastic. I say I want to watch season one of SVU and my wife hits a few buttons and it starts playing, and sometimes there is even Audio Description. In all honesty, I have managed the Apple TV a few times myself the hardest part has

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
: Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV? Hi ET! Until you actually own a product you don't know what its really like. I hear this all the time when engineers try too say what a Bill Bradley modified Neumann u87 microphone sounds like. I use the Neumann u87 every day in my recording s

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi ET! Until you actually own a product you don't know what its really like. I hear this all the time when engineers try too say what a Bill Bradley modified Neumann u87 microphone sounds like. I use the Neumann u87 every day in my recording studio and have first hand knowledge what the real st

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread E.T.
Phil, Please do not add legitimacy to the clown in the big white house and his "fake news". (smile) You do understand. I've not seen any serious complaints about the 4th gen's accessibility except with regard to some third party apps. I would be happy to relieve you of your 4th and you

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I imagine that ET was simply using an educated guess. There's been lots of posts over the past years to do with the 4th Gen Apple TV that one could responsibly make an educated guess. Now, I find the accessibility just fine of the Apple TV 4. Slightly different than the earlier versions,

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-13 Thread Phil Halton
I don’t understand how you can say that the accessibility with the fourth GEN is fine when you don’t even own one. Am I wrong or did you say you have the third GEN and then speculated about the fourth GEN saying it’s accessibility was fine. Forgive me if I have misunderstood, but this is the ve

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-12 Thread E.T.
I still have the 3rd generation so am limited to what apps are on it. I can access all of my content that is in the iTunes library very easily. Sometimes I use other apps but with a 4th gen Apple TV I would likely use even more of it. Accessibility is fine though some 3rd party apps may fal

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-12 Thread Nickus de Vos
Thanks Tim Personally I also don’t bother with gaming even on my iPhone even though I sometimes miss gaming from my sighted school days. > On 12 Mar 2018, at 17:22, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Although there are games available, I'm not sure of their accessibility as I > don't bother with

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Although there are games available, I'm not sure of their accessibility as I don't bother with that part of the Apple TV. I primarily use it for the items you've mentioned as well as some other services such as CBC TV and such in Canada. YouTube is totally accessible as is Netflix. Amazo

What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-12 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi all I’ve been thinking to get a Apple TV for a while and now a friend is selling his 4K HDR, a 64 GB one at a pretty good price. I have no previous experience with Apple TV, so my question, what do you blind voiceover users use your Apple TV’s for? Do you play games, do you listen to music, d